Join us on the 10 th  of December for a conference on colonial objects, collections and museums through stories and rethinking's of critics. The conference will be given by Beatrice Falcucci, a current fellow at the Center for the Study of Cultural Memory (London). Her works focuses on Italian colonial culture, European colonial museology, and post-colonial legacies. Falcucci will be introduced by Università degli Studi di Firenze professor Giovanni Tarantino. With the conver

At 5.30 pm on November 26, 2025, join us at Il Palmerino Cultural Association, in the Colonica di Villa Il Palmerino, for a lecture by US writer and professor Jacqueline Marie Musacchio, entitled: The Art and Life of Francesca Alexander (1837 - 1917) , after her recently published book by the same name. Francesca Alexander and her parents moved from Boston to Florence in 1853 and became part of the city's thriving international community. She was a largely self-taught artist,

Professor and Historian Giulia Calvi recounts the history of clothing, bodies, and imagery all around the world. Calvi stresses that clothing can exemplify geographical origin, gender, social status, ethnicity, age, profession and religious affiliation. As a former history professor at the University of Siena and the former chair-holder of Gender History in the Department of History and Civilization at the EUI, Calvi is well versed in the intertwinedness of clothing, history,

Introduce Giovanni Tarantino moderation by Emanuele Giusti from Florence University the meeting will be in italian at 5,30 p.m RVSP...

Thursday, 8 May, around 5 p.m., a conference was held entitled Roberto Longhi e Anna Banti: Caravaggio, Artemisia e non soltanto ....

Yiannis Papadakis, social anthropologist and professor at the university of Cyprus ©...

On Friday, April 4th, a conference on life and legacy of art historian and scholar Federico Zeri was held at Il Palmerino. The event was...

In collaboration with Calliope Arts, The British Institute Florence as part of the project: The Florentine Gardens: Early Women ex-pats...

The authors will be introduced by Serena Cenni and will talk about the similarities and differences between German fantastic literature...

The conference will be given in italian the first opportunity in the year 2025 to hear an exciting story where, through recent research...

A lecture by Federica Parretti and Linda Falcone In 1935, Lola Costa purchased Il Palmerino, and set up her painting  studio there....

These events are all dedicate to the love that Vernon Lee nourish for the mountains close to Pistoia, were she was used to spend some...

Images and trajectories of a 19th century diva: Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906) Ristori's is an extraordinary female experience. The...

(the presentation will be in English) Marco Polo has become an iconic figure of the Western interest in the Eastern world. Since the...

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as part of the conversations devoted to WORD and in Italian, Teresa Megale will give a talk on: The 'energetic' language of actors, or...

The Il Palmerino Association of Florence, together with the Baldry family, invites you to an evening of reflection, discussion and...

Monday 6 May 2024 at 6.30 p.m From my work in progress, this talk in English will introduce two of the most prolific and successful...

19th April from 9 a.m to 5 p.m Shakespeare and His Contemporaries 2024 The IASEMS Graduate Conference 9.30 – OPENING REMARKS Serena Cenni...

An important demographer and statistician, Prof. Massimo Livi Bacci will anticipate some geopolitical reflections of his next publication.